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January 2, 2006 12:03 AM
Broken: Vending machine dispenser
Andrey Radak points out:
You know there is a design flaw in this vending machine when several people can't get at their product.
you know these vending machines are rigged. I've never put in my money and received two products. But NUMEROUS times I've put in my money and received nothing.
So obviously these machines were created to err on the side of the vendor owner.
Definitely Broken.
bwahahaha, the first step of the evil plan is complete... the workers drink all the drinks that failed to fall... no definitely broken.. especially to drop glass sobe bottles, no matter what the height.
These vending machines, even if they don't get the bottles stuck, are broken anyway. They always have glass bottles on the very top shelf, so when you try to get at one...
*insert money*
"A... 3..."
*bottle drops*
SMASH!
Incredibly intelegint design.
Yes, intelegint is intentional.
Sometimes the clear front of those machines is made out of plastic, and if you bang on it hard enough your drink will eventually fall.
Obviously, this is broken because one shouldn't have to exhert that kind of force just to get a drink.
It's nice for me though, because sometimes people will just give up if their drink gets stuck and I'll find one sitting there waiting for me to free it!
This is clearly evolutionary run-away. Bottles that are slightly larger are left to breed, producing more large bottles. After surprisingly few generations, all bottles in the machine will be too large to come out at all.
Then there will be an overpopulation problem.
I've had something similar to this happen on occasion. Some vending machines have and extra metal "flap" on the panel you open to retreive drinks and snacks. This extra piece of metal blocks off access to the inside of the machine, preventing idiots from trying to reach up into the machine to steal items. (Difficult to expalin, But I am sure most know what I am talking about.) Well, when I have gone to machines like the one shown and my drink falls down, the bottle does not fall over but remains standing up. Because the bottle is standing up in the way, I cannot push open the panel to get my drink. And the way the panels are designed, when the bottle is in the way, you can't even open them enough to try and knock the bottle over with your fingers. Totally frustrating.
*Welcome - Ice Cold Pepsi*
*Credits: $ 1.25*
A...4
*Vending*
*Vending error*
*Please call Pepsi co.*
BANG, BANG, BANG
Nobrain: I described a particular aspect of the vending machine that prohibits the retrieval of one's drink, thus illustrating another incident of brokenness. I do not, however, recall describing an entire vending machine.
I'm guessing the machine is bolted down too.....We got one of these machines from hell at work. After the 3rd time it ripped me off, I got mad enough to shake it, and got 20 pops!! Then they weighed it down, so I couldn't shake it, but other people still could. They ended up bolting it down. The vending guy claims the machines don't work because we beat on them, well we wouldn't beat them if they worked!!!! (He should be thankful we don't have enough chain to reach from the breakroom to the business end of one of our forklifts)
It's sort of vending/slot machine sometimes you break even sometimes you get #$^$%ed in the Ass (when you have no more cash) and other times it's a 2-fer-1 sale, same with the candy machines that work like that.But what about bottled Urine?
I don't believe any of the bottles pictured are made of glass; they all look plastic. Or was someone being sarcastic?
As for losing your money at the work place, most places have someone designated (such as an administrative assistant) to refund your lost change. They can then also notify the vendor of any operating issues.
Just my two cents.
But i guess you Microsoft-haters aren't totally baseless.
Looky here-
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/0d644d5e-7bb3-11da-ab8e-0000779e2340.html
Oh well.
nicole-
almost all sobe bottles are glass, so the natural assumption is that they are glass here. you cant really tell from the pic, but its a pretty safe bet.
lol we have the same machine at school.if you rock it hard enough you can get all the drinks off the top shelf for free!guaranteed.
Wayoff: Thanks for your insight, and description of the door on a vending machine. I've never seen one. Is that better?
I don't know what y'all're complaining about. The *net effect* is exactly 1 bottle dispensed per 1 money deposit.
vending + slots+ machine= new hybrid drink machine that has fun filled gambling aspects for the user- take a chance-try to get a drink out of it!
1 bottle dispensed per 1 money deposit is fine if your the retailer - no good if you are a bummed customer.
As soon as I saw thwe picture, I got my fiance's attention. We wanted to buy a soda last week from a vending machine. There were about 15 tipped out sodas. The display read "Please remove the product" over and over and over. There was nothing to remove and no bottles to shake out as they were all still in their spots but tipped out so they touched the front glass. I've never seen such a messed up looking machine.
The only plus was that the machine was definitely not taking any money.
The good thing about this machine is, if you get a buddy to help you shake the machine, drinks will come out of every row. Especially just after it is filled.
This happened to my freind however this is a quick runthrough of the result:
- damn my drink got stuck
- *looks around, no one looking*
- runs at machine, bam no drunk
- damint!! i am going to try again
- rans at machine, and goes through the glass, just as the caf worker walks by
- Oh shit *runs away covered in blood*
This happened to my freind however this is a quick runthrough of the result:
- damn my drink got stuck
- *looks around, no one looking*
- runs at machine, bam no drunk
- damint!! i am going to try again
- rans at machine, and goes through the glass, just as the caf worker walks by
- Oh shit *runs away covered in blood*
People have been killed when vending machines fell on them while they were trying to shake loose a freebie. Not worth it for a $1 drink.
valek: Never heard of Sobe. I noticed the bottles that are loose in the photo are made of plastic, so to me it looked like the others were too.
Those look like the same machines at my school.
They have an belt the goes up and down to move you drink to a hole. This way even glass bottled drinks will only drop like 1/2".
Best broken vending machine I've ever seen was one that was about seven feet tall. All of the bottles were on top, and all of the cans were on the bottom. This would be fine with plastic bottles, but it had SoBe and it's ilk on the top row. Several times you would reach in and it would be sticky from the various exploded bottles. On a side note, the little receiving tray you reach into was tilted back and down from where you reached in, often forcing to reach into the slime from the last four bottles...
***Don't Try This At Home***
Candy machine where I worked wasn't bolted down. Someone's candy bar got stuck so four guys lifted and turned the machine upside down and shook it. Too bad all the candy was confiscated by the boss. "Those whacky schoolbus drivers!"
This has happened a lot at the school vending machines. There is actually a button that i found that whenever you choose it, the drink has a very,very low rate for coming to you.
This has happened a lot at the school vending machines. There is actually a button that i found that whenever you choose it, the drink has a very,very low chance for survival because it always gets stuck.
My school's apparently has a problem with their machines because i have been screwed before because the product was stuck in the machine and i never recieved a refund even though i complained.
Larry is right, more people are killed by vending machines falling over than are struck by lightening.
"Vending machine dispenser"? Of course it's broken. It's trying to dispense drinks, when surely it should be dispensing vending machines.
*misses the point*
Isn't the title of this broken? "Vending machine dispenser" means something that dispenses vending machines. It should be "Drinks vending machine" or "Drinks dispenser".
yeah i love when the machine at my camp doesnt work Im a couselor there and so all the kids get free drinks. Dont fix them!
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Our school vending machine is notorious for this. A few times I've gotten and extra candy bar or something extra because it was stuck
Posted by: Thunder_gryphoN at January 2, 2006 12:20 AM